Baby name

Lola

Girl

Origin of the name

Lola is a Spanish pet form of Dolores, a name taken from Our Lady of Sorrows.

Comeback name

The high point came in 1919, with 1,617 births and the No. 142 spot that year. After a low point around 1994, parents rediscovered it: about 1,180 births a year today. In 2025, it ranked No. 275.

96,892births since 1880

1910sgeneration

No. 142rank at its peak, in 1919

Where babies named Lola are born

1919

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The darker the blue, the more common Lola is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Lola is most common in Arkansas (2.7 times), Oklahoma (2.4) and Idaho (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Lula 85,248
Lila 76,493
Lora 52,235
Lyla 49,294
Lela 43,005
Ola 29,651

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